Sources
Sources & licences
Every recall notice in RecallRadar originates from one of five public consumer-safety authorities. All five publish under open or public-domain licences that permit redistribution. Cite source_record_url when reproducing a notice.
CPSC
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
US federal government works are in the public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105). No attribution required by law, but citing source_record_url is good practice.
EU Safety Gate
EU Safety Gate (RAPEX / GPSR alerts)
EU institutions' documents are open by default under Decision 2011/833/EU. Redistribution permitted with attribution.
Health Canada
Health Canada Recalls & Safety Alerts
Open Government Licence – Canada v2.0. Redistribution permitted. Attribute: 'Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.'
GOV.UK OPSS
UK Office for Product Safety and Standards
Open Government Licence v3.0 (United Kingdom). Redistribution permitted. Attribute: 'Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.'
ACCC
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Redistribution permitted with attribution to the ACCC/Product Safety Australia.
Attribution requirements
When redistributing recall notices (in a product, report, or API response), always include the source_record_url field. This links directly to the original regulator page and satisfies the attribution clauses of all five licences. A secondary credit line mentioning RecallRadar is appreciated but not required by the upstream licences.
Scope
RecallRadar covers non-food, non-vehicle consumer products. Food, drug, and vehicle recalls are out of scope — each has its own specialist authority (FSIS, FDA, NHTSA, etc.) and schema.